Dorothy Watson Literacy Awards for 2004-2005 Presented April 13

Four Park University students received Dorothy Watson Literacy Awards at the annual Park University Honors Convocation, held April 13 in the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel. The awards were presented by Dr. Kathy Lofflin, Director of the Watson Literacy Center, in the name of Dr. Dorothy Watson (Park College Class of 1952). The awards are presented annually to undergraduate students who show exceptional promise in the field of literacy education. This was the fourth year these awards have been presented. One award is usually presented for each of the education department’s five undergraduate literacy education courses or blocks; however, this year there were only four awards due to small enrollment in the middle school literacy block. Each recipient received a $50.00 book store gift certificate and and an award certificate.

Recipients for 2004-2005 were:

Kelly Ayers (Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood Education)
Kristen Sloan (Literacy for Elementary and Early Childhood Education)
Robert Collins (Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties)
Renee Potter (Literacy in the Secondary Classroom)

From left to right: Sarah Stacy,Dr. Kathy Lofflin, Mary Laughlin-Combs, NeQuelle Wolfgeher. Not pictured: Ann Adkins

Recipients for 2003-2004 were:

Sarah Stacy (Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood Education)
Ann Adkins (Literacy for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers)
Mary Laughlin-Combs (Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties)
NeQuelle Wolfgeher (Literacy in the Secondary Classroom)

Recipients for 2002-2003 were:

Shanna Heim (Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhoo> Education)
Lisa Gaume-Jones (Literacy for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers)
Jennifer Bowen (Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties)
Nella Mann (Literacy for Middle School Teachers)
Ronie McBride (Literacy in the Secondary Classroom).

Recipients for 2001-2002 (the awards’ inaugural year) were:

Carissa Simpson (Language and Literacy Development in Early Childhood Education)
Albert Hilden (Literacy for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers)
Kelly Elmer (Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties)
Sara Wight (Literacy for Middle School Teachers)
Sherry Musick (Literacy in the Secondary Classroom)

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